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El Paso, Arkansas

El Paso is an unincorporated community in southwestern White County, Arkansas, United States. Its name is Spanish for "the pass", referring to a small gap in the hills on the community's northern edge. Once known as Peach Orchard Gap in its early settlement, the origin of El Paso's Spanish name is unknown.

History

The historic Southwest Trail, a path used by most travelers entering Arkansas early in the 1800s, entered El Paso on today's Arkansas Highway 5 from Floyd, then headed to Gibson via Arkansas Highway 89, Tate's Mill Road and Batesville Pike Road. By the 1830s more than 80 percent of the Arkansas territory's population had entered through the Southwest Trail. The route is also known as the Old Military Road.

Geography

The center of El Paso is located at 35.13, -92.10.

Much of the community is situated along Bull Creek, and along Arkansas State Highway 5 and U.S. Highway 64. Lacking exact boundaries, the community is located within the borders of El Paso Township, within White County.

The city is the headquarters of one Fortune 500 and three publicly traded companies, as well as home to the Medical Center of the Americas, the only medical research and care provider complex in West Texas and southern New Mexico, and the University of Texas at El Paso, the city's primary university. The city hosts the annual Sun Bowl, the second oldest bowl game in the country.

El Paso, La Palma

El Paso is a town and a municipality on the island of La Palma, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It is situated in the middle of the island. The population of the municipality is 7,928 (2013) and the area is 135.92km², making it the largest municipality on the island of La Palma. The mean elevation is 600 m. The territory of the municipality includes the Caldera de Taburiente, a giant caldera constituting a national park.

History

Many footpaths already crisscrossed La Palma before the Spanish conquest. A number of mountain passes east of present-day El Paso enabled cross-island communications. One of these was Ajerjo Pass by which the island's Spanish discoverer, Alonso Fernandez de Lugo, attempted to enter the Caldera de Taburiente, hence its local name the Captain's Pass (Paso del Capitán). The village of El Paso was named after this mountain pass by association.

On 3 May 1492 the mentioned Fernandez de Lugo finishes the conquest of the island of La Palma by the Spanish when conquering the last remaining stronghold of the native Guanches, the kingdom of Aceró. To this goal, Fernandez deceitfully invited its king Tanausú to an interview, to have him imprisoned on appearance. The island was made directly subject to the Spanish Crown, a situation which would last until 1812. In this year the new Spanish Constitution paved the way for decentralisation of the Canary Islands and subdivision into municipalities.

El Paso (film)

Plot

Clay Fletcher is leaving South Carolina and heading west. A rebel officer during the Civil War and also a lawyer, he wants to ease back into law practice with something not too difficult, so he travels to El Paso, Texas with estate documents to get the signature of an attorney there, Henry Jeffers.

Stagecoach Nellie steals his wallet along the way. Then, in a saloon, Clay sees a man convicted of murder by a drunken judge in a trial held in a saloon. The judge is Jeffers, and when Clay speaks up on the defendant's behalf, he is charged with contempt of court. Unable to pay the fine, his fancy clothing is auctioned off.

Clay is rescued by rancher Nacho Vazquez, who offers him a place to stay. He also meets the judge's daughter, Susan Jeffers, who owns a hat shop. Clay learns the man found guilty of murder was framed by rich land owner Bert Donner and his stooge, Sheriff La Farge.

La Farge brutally beats and jails a man named John Elkins who had once been a friend to Clay, who volunteers to represent him. He needs the judge to be sober, so old-timer Pesky offers to take Jeffers out of town and away from the saloon for a while. La Farge is furious and tries to have Clay killed.

Arkansas (song)

"Arkansas", written by Eva Ware Barnett in 1916, is one of the official state songs of Arkansas. It was first adopted as the state song in the early 20th century, but was removed in 1949 due to a copyright dispute. After the state settled the dispute by buying all claims to its copyright, it was restored as state song in 1963.

In 1987, the General Assembly elevated the song to "state anthem" in order to designate "Arkansas (You Run Deep In Me)" and "Oh, Arkansas", both written for the state's 150th birthday in 1986, as state songs; it also designated "The Arkansas Traveler", the state song from 1949 to 1963, as "state historical song".

Another 1987 law requires the Secretary of State to respond to all requests for copies of the "state song" with this song. However, this was done only to preserve the historical status of this song; all four songs are either copyrighted by the state itself or in the public domain. Today, the Secretary of State posts the lyrics to all four songs on its website.

El Paso

(Marty Robbins)Out in the West Texas town of El PasoI fell in love with a Mexican girlNighttime would find me in Rosa's CantinaMusic would play and Felina would whirlBlacker than night where the eyes of FelinaWicked and evil while casting a spellMy love was strong for this Mexican maidenI was in love, but in vain I could tellOne night a wild young cowboy came inWild as the West Texas windDashing and daring, a drink he was sharingWith wicked Felina, the girl that I lovedSo in anger I challenged his right for the love of this maidenDown went his hand for the gun that he woreMy challenge was answered, in less than a heartbeatThe handsome young stranger lay dead on the floorJust for a moment I stood there in silenceShocked by the foul evil deed I had doneMany thoughts ran through my mind as I stood thereI had but one chance and that was to runOut through the back door of Rose's I ranOut where the horses were tiedI caught a good one, it looked like it could runUp on his back and away I did rideJust as fast as I could from the West Texas town of El PasoOut thru the badlands of New MexicoBack in El Paso, my life would be worthlessEverything's gone in life nothing is leftIt's been so long since I've seen the young maidenMy love is stronger than my fear of deathI saddled up and away I did goRiding alone in the darkMaybe tomorrow a bullet may find meTonight nothing's worse than this pain in my heartAnd at last here I am on the hill overlooking El PasoI can see Rose's Cantina belowMy love is strong and it pushes me onwardDown off the hill to Felina I goOff to my right I see five mounted cowboysOff to my left ride a dozen or moreshouting and shooting, I can't let them catch meI've got to make it to Rose's back doorSomething is dreadfully wrong for, I feelA deep burning pain in my sideSomething is dreadfully wrong, for I feelA deep burning pain in my sideAlthough I am trying to stay in the saddleI'm getting weary, unable to rideIt's getting harder to stay in the saddleI'm getting weary, unable to rideBut my love for Felina is strong and I rise where I've fallenThough I am weary, I can't stop to restI see the white puff of smoke from the rifleI feel the bullet go deep in my chestFrom out of nowhere, Felina has found meKissing my cheek as she kneels by my sideCradled by two loving arms that I'll die for